Senior Contracts in Peterborough

Senior
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Senior daily rate in Peterborough is £390, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 35 36
Rank change year-on-year +13 +1 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 4 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Peterborough 4.40% 1.83% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% 2.33% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £327 - -
25th Percentile £348 - £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 - £190
Median % change year-on-year - - -62.00%
75th Percentile £425 - £205
90th Percentile £442 - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £408 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -22.38% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £36.02 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate - £36.00 £35.11
% change year-on-year - +2.53% +10.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Peterborough. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Peterborough with a recognized job title 68 172 164
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 74.73% 78.90% 75.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 19 64
10th Percentile £190 £170 £202
25th Percentile £336 £178 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £305 £350
Median % change year-on-year +41.39% -12.86% -16.67%
75th Percentile £471 £569 £488
90th Percentile £597 £602 £535
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £488 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 141 83
10th Percentile £14.84 £14.00 £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.14 £15.50 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +6.90% +7.41%
75th Percentile £17.84 £21.37 £18.50
90th Percentile £21.46 £31.13 £20.56
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year - +5.16% +13.47%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Peterborough.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Peterborough

Senior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior in Peterborough.

Daily rate trend for Senior in Peterborough

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Peterborough

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Peterborough over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Peterborough

Senior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Peterborough

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior in Peterborough.

Hourly rate trend for Senior in Peterborough

Senior Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Peterborough region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Unix
1 2 (50.00%) AIX
1 2 (50.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (25.00%) Chatbot
2 1 (25.00%) Screaming Frog
2 1 (25.00%) Conversational UI
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) LLM
2 1 (25.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) SEO
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Google Analytics
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) AIX
1 2 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Conversational UI
2 1 (25.00%) LLM
2 1 (25.00%) SEO
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) Screaming Frog